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graffito

[gruh-fee-toh]

noun

plural

graffiti 
  1. Archaeology.,  an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.

  2. a single example of graffiti.



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“Thus, the monk drew a graffito of a cross onto the wall, accompanied by a prayer with which he was very familiar.”

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Their theory also fit with an ancient graffito found in Puteoli, Italy, depicting a crucified individual, with a woman’s name, Alkimila, above a shoulder.

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Ben Stones’s imposing concrete set includes the signature graffito, “I love you, will u marry me,” that was painted on a concrete bridge of the housing project in 2001 and became an unlikely Sheffield icon.

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The graffito was painted over regularly, only to magically reappear.

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Last month I was able to solve the mystery of a graffito on an I-66 overpass that drivers have seen for decades.

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